Bahrain and Kuwait have already announced that they will alter their kefala sponsorship systems. While neither are wholly getting rid of such draconian systems, the fact that conversations on reform are at least being heard is a good start. Qatar …
Posted in Bahrain, Qatar, Sponsorship | 7 CommentsMost of the Philippine embassy and labor officials are acting like a tourists, not as public servants. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Migrante-Middle East, an alliance of Overseas Filipino workers, today slammed the Philippine Embassy officials in Riyadh and Consular officials …
Posted in General | 1 Comment“If we think that human trafficking is the ‘modus operandi’ of unlicensed and illegal recruiters victimizing thousands would-be overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and even old-timer OFWs, then we are partly wrong and must be corrected.” Thus, said today by an …
Posted in Housemaids, Trafficking | Leave a commentThe site of Israel’s leading newspaper Yediot Aharonot reported today that Prime Minister Netanyahu is considering offering African leaders millions of dollars in exchange for their acceptance of deported African asylum seekers who have entered Israel. Such a plan was …
Posted in Deportation, Israel, Refugees | 8 CommentsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia- An alliance of Overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East joins the calls to Philippine Labor department chief to fire or recall the RP labor attache in Hong Kong who allegedly verbally abused a distress OFW after …
Posted in General | 1 Comment“Sir john please help me naka-kulong ako d2 sa rooftop ng bahay ng amo ko; ayaw nila ako i-return sa agency, wala ako kain dito please kunin nyo ako dito (Sir john please help me; I am locked up at …
Posted in Abusive employers, Housemaids, Kuwait | 1 CommentIf the new Migrant workers law is strictly adhered and implemented there would be no single OFW-receiving country in the Middle East to be issued the required certification so that deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) would still continue, thus …
Posted in General | Leave a commentIt is quite alarming upon knowing that an OFW, on-board Gulf Airlines, who would supposed to meet shortly his wife and other family members, killed himself an hour before the plane landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. According to …
Posted in General | 1 CommentThis week, Al-Jazeera English filed two reports from the Philippines about Filipino migrant workers in the Middle East and the lack of protection offered to them. The first report includes interviews with families of deceased Filipino domestic workers. It includes …
Posted in Abusive employers, Gulf, Housemaids, Interviews, Jordan, News, Saudi Arabia, Videos, Working conditions | 3 Comments